Loose Women star Janet Street-Porter left fans shocked after posting a video from a hospital bed at the weekend. The TV veteran told her followers she was okay after undergoing hip surgery, saying: “I had the MRI scan, it showed no cushioning on my hip at all, they said ‘You've got to have it done quickly’. She was glad to get the hip operation scheduled so quickly, adding: “This is exactly what it was like before my knee replacement.
” “Suddenly, you think: 'I can't go up the stairs without doing it one step at a time.’ It's affecting my voice now as well, my voice is rubbish. I've got no energy to sustain my voice.
” It’s the latest in a series of health woes for the star, who began her career as a fashion journalist before moving into radio and then onto TV. 'Stressful' diagnosis Janet’s inimitable voice was briefly silenced when she was laid up with shingles in 2012. Aged 66 at the time, Janet was unable to join the Loose Women team after suffering an outbreak, but says she first suffered with the illness while in her 40s.
She says she saw her doctor after noticing a rash on her body, which she at first thought was an eczema flare-up. "I was very stressed at the time and that tells you what you need to know about the workplace,” she said. She later implored Loose Women viewers to check with their doctors to see if they were eligible of the shingles vaccine: "I would say to people at home if you're eligible in either of those categories, you're over 65 .